"I checked my phone at night after I heard a beeping sound. I was amazed to see a mobile money message from GiveDirectly. I was so excited and happy that GiveDirectly had fulfilled its promise of sending me the cash transfers."

"In the next six months, I shall have saved the transfers and bought cement and plastered my house. By that time, I shall be having a beautiful house free from dust which is hazardous to our health."

"In the next six months l expect to have fix the steel door and windows and l will be staying in a nice good looking house where l do not need to worry of insecurity."

"My daily life has changed because I have acquired enough utensils in my home. In the past, we used to have meals in shifts or at times ask for more plates from the neighbour depending on the situation at hand. Secondly, once I purchase my livestock (an ox ) it will enable me to plough my farm land in time. Before, I had to hire but late which affected my farm yields."

"My daily life has changed because I can afford to have a balanced diet. Before, I used to depend on vegetables and for once silver fish. Secondly I have peace of mind because I have paid off all the debts I had. In the past I used to keep hiding myself from people I owed because I had nothing to give."

"I was woken up by the message notification on my phone and I went direct through my inbox to check who the sender was. On checking to confirm, for sure I could not hold back the happiness and joy that instantly filled my heart as I realized that GiveDirectly had sent my first transfer. I could not sleep any more as I knew that I would soon accomplish the things that seemed impossible to me."

"The moment I recieved the transfer, I felt happy. I used to admire people's iron roofed houses. Now that I have the money, I will construct my own."

"The moment I recieved the transfer, I felt happiness in my heart. I am an old man of 65 years without a home, I have been staying in some one's home but will now construct my own."

"Receiving this money means that I will spend for educating my two children. Iam a widow who lost a spouse an earlier stage when my children needed to study and I could not sustain to pay all their fees. This prompted my two sons to drop out of school in order to support me with farming such that we could get money to pay others school fees, so givedirectly money is great relief to me because I will spend it for buying a laptop for my girl studying survey and land information system at kyebongo university. She will be my bread winner to support the family in future."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to pay for good medical facilities to treat our daughter who was diagnosed with spinal complications."